Lead Direct Care Professional

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health in Scottsdale is seeking a Lead Direct Care Professional to provide mentorship and support to children in a therapeutic setting. This role involves coordinating activities, ensuring safety, and fostering a positive environment for youth facing emotional and behavioral challenges. The position offers competitive pay, flexible schedules, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

ASCEND – career accelerator program

Paid time off (24 days per year)

Quality Low-Cost Benefits (medical, dental, vision)

Qualifications

• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• One year of work experience in behavioral health service delivery.
• Supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and maintain a therapeutic environment for the Residential Treatment Center.
• Assist in supervising program activities while managing children's behaviors.
• Serve as a mentor and role model to staff.

Skills

Mentoring

Behavioral Management

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree in human services

Job description

Description

Do you want to make a positive impact on the lives of children and adolescents? How about spending time mentoring and having fun with kids?

Then being a Lead Direct Care Professional at Devereux is for YOU! You belong here.

Located on a beautiful 10-acre campus in the heart of Scottsdale, Devereux Arizona’s 24-hour Residential Treatment Center (RTC) has the capacity to serve 52 children. The RTC is a safe, supportive environment that provides various services to youth, from the ages of 7 to 17, who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or substance abuse challenges. The Campus features dormitories, a therapeutic K-12 day school, food services, medical/nursing, and therapy services.

Lead Direct Care Professional (Lead DCP)coordinate and maintain a therapeutic environment for our Residential Treatment Center. This position protects the health and safety of individuals, and assists Program Coordinators with the supervising, planning, and implementation of program activities while managing children’s behaviors. Lead DCP's serve as a mentor and have fun with kids doing various year-round activities such as art projects, music groups, animal therapy, various athletics (basketball, soccer, Frisbee, etc), and adulthood transition prep! The Lead DCP will assist and support the planning, implementation, and documentation of those activities designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and personal needs of individuals on Campus.This position also serves as a role model, mentor, leader, and/or trainer to Direct Care Professional staff.

Pay Range: $19 - $20.90 / hr

Earn an additional $1/hr. 3pm-11pm and $2/hr. 11pm-7am, 7 days/wk.

Various Full Time Schedule Options!

Location: 6436 E Sweetwater Ave., Scottsdale, Arizona 85254

Benefits and Rewards

We strive to create an inclusive environment, and retain the talented employees who make our organization a great place to work. We offer:

• ASCEND – the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. Full-time employees in career-aligned tracks receive 100% of tuition, fees and textbook costs, up to $15,000 for undergraduate classes (annually), and $25,000 for graduate-level classes(annually)

• Paid time off (24 days per year, increase with years of service); Sick time (64 hours per year)

• Retirement, eM Life for Mental Health and Work/Life Programs, Service Anniversary Awards

• Free access to Payactiv, a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods

• Quality Low-Cost Benefits (medical, dental, vision pet insurance) - 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires! http://benefits.devereux.org

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Qualifications

• Must be 21 years of age or older
• High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelor’s degree in human services preferred
• One (1) year of work experience in behavioral health service delivery or Six (6) months Devereux experience
• Supervisory experience preferred

OTHER:

• Valid Arizona Driver's License is required
• Must be able to pass 36-month DMV check
• Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment (if applicable)
• Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results
• Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions). Arizona Revised Statues Notice (ARS 36-411 Residential care institutions; nursing care institutions; home health agencies; fingerprinting requirements; exemptions; definitions). If a person's employment record contains a six-month or longer time frame during which the person was not employed by any employer, a completed application with a new set of fingerprints shall be submitted to the department of public safety. For more information, visitHERE.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Devereux is committed to the health and safety of our staff.All Devereux centers have formal infectious-disease and emergency-management plans tailored to specifically address the unique aspects of communicable disease prevention including COVID-19. Learn More:https://jobs.devereux.org/#covid.